it's official!!! Aaron McGruder reads DU!!!

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Wed Aug-27-03 04:54 PM
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it's official!!! Aaron McGruder reads DU!!!

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WhoCountsTheVotes

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Wed Aug-27-03 04:55 PM
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1. bwa ha ha ha

This is quickly becoming my favorite comic :)

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DBoon

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Wed Aug-27-03 04:57 PM
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2. Does he read the Nation too?

And will we see his face in one of those full page ads, just like Moby & Jeanne Garafalo?

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trumad

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Wed Aug-27-03 04:59 PM
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3. It's because Big Al is a joke

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tjdee

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Wed Aug-27-03 05:33 PM
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4. So why is Dean taking all of his ideas?

That seems to be what Macgruder is implying.

I'd agree that Sharpton is not politically equal to Dean, though.

I'd also say that most of the candidates thieve bits and pieces from each other, I think we've seen that.

What I'd like to know is why Macgruder thinks Sharpton has all the ideas, if that's what he's saying. I expect as the strip goes forward, maybe his point will be clearer.

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WillyT

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Wed Aug-27-03 09:49 PM
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23. Taking Each Other's Ideas ???

Are you talking specific ideas, or general ideas? I'd imagine that most democratic candidates would have generally similar ideas, being that they are all members of the same political party, no???

In general of course!

:shrug:

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Sean Reynolds

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Wed Aug-27-03 06:34 PM
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17. DK - on my shirt!

Dead Kennedy's ROCK

Back to topic.

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Bake

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Wed Aug-27-03 05:45 PM
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5. Oh no!

Now the Deanyboppers will be trashing/bashing Boondocks!

Magruder makes points EVERY TIME OUT!

Bake

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Khephra

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Wed Aug-27-03 05:55 PM
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8. This Deanybopper loves Boondocks, even this one

Edited on Wed Aug-27-03 05:55 PM by khephra

and a lot of us loved the Doonesbury run which poked fun at Dean in parts too.

I've said it before and I'll say it again--there is no stereotypical "(fill-in-the-blank with a name) suppoter" of any candidate.

Some of us can actually laugh at ourselves.

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Wed Aug-27-03 06:02 PM
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11. magruder is jabbing at the media as much as anything else here

anyone who really pays attention to his work knows he spares nobody when it comes to getting the word out as to what's going on.

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tjdee

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Wed Aug-27-03 06:03 PM
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12. That's what I thought after the first strip concerning this...

Now I don't know.

Looking forward to the next one, which I guess is what he'd like.

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blm

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Wed Aug-27-03 06:31 PM
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16. Yeah...he's chopping on the media

and THEIR fawning over Dean for so many months, now.

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Wed Aug-27-03 06:45 PM
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18. actually he's chopping on the media for basically blowing off sharpton

and lest the dean partisan get all bent out of shape, magruder has dissed sharpton before. huey has often remarked about al's hair.

let there be no doubt that magruder calls as he sees them, and plays no favorites.

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w4rma

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Wed Aug-27-03 06:18 PM
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15. Al, the Boondocks and Magruder are all cool!

Edited on Wed Aug-27-03 06:21 PM by w4rma

I love Magruder's strips. :)
And Rev. Sharpton is a *great* political activist.

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ibegurpard

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Wed Aug-27-03 09:42 PM
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22. It was funny.

And all effective humor contains a kernel of truth. Sharpton is being ignored and Dean seems to be the media darling at the moment. It's not necessary to place blame on anyone to see that and laugh at the sentiment Magruder is expressing.

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Cha

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Wed Aug-27-03 05:51 PM
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6. Thank you Aaron McGruder! Cause we sure needed someone!

Sorry if you mistaking Dean's confidence and takin' no shit attitude for anything other than it is!

:kick:

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Terwilliger

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Wed Aug-27-03 05:55 PM
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7. oh zidzi

you're so cute :hi:

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Cha

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Wed Aug-27-03 09:36 PM
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20. Terwilliger?!

:hi:

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Lindacooks

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Wed Aug-27-03 05:57 PM
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9. Buy his books too.

n/t

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Khephra

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Wed Aug-27-03 05:58 PM
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10. He has a new one out

Or about to come out. I haven't hit a bookstore in some time, so I don't know for sure.

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Bombtrack

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Wed Aug-27-03 06:04 PM
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13. Sharpton is the one dumb Bushies are cross-voting for and sending $ too

Dean is the one smarter Bushies are cross-voting for and sending $ too

the one who who really has a shot at winning the nom, and who'll hand Bush a second term

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Terwilliger

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Wed Aug-27-03 06:09 PM
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14. Edwards?

I thought you supported Edwards

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Bombtrack

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Wed Aug-27-03 10:27 PM
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24. I do

why

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Room101

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Wed Aug-27-03 06:50 PM
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19. Aaron McGruder is great, ive seen him on Cspan kick butt.

He has a Boondocks book coming out soon.

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JohnKleeb

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Wed Aug-27-03 09:40 PM
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21. Wow just replace Sharpton with Kucinich

and thats what I kinda think too. Dont flame me on this but I feel its true, but I dont think Dennis would ask knowing how he is.

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Room101

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Wed Aug-27-03 10:57 PM
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25. It is not official that Aaron reads DU..........

Edited on Wed Aug-27-03 10:58 PM by BEFOREATHOUGHT

I know you made it in good faith, but I was looking for a mention or acknowledgment of some kind regarding DU.

Still a funny as hell cartoon, he is expressing some of the setiments felt here at DU. Sharpten delivers big time in the debates, I don't get why he is written off either.

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0rganism

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Wed Aug-27-03 11:13 PM
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26. IF Sharpton were taken seriously, could he win the nom?

Could he beat George W. Bush in an election?

McGruder is right, Sharpton isn't taken seriously, and I think it's as much because he's outrageous and provocative as it is because he's black.

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Hailtothechimp

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Wed Aug-27-03 11:44 PM
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27. I disagree

Sharpton gets ignored, or at least taken less seriously, because he's an African American. I wish that weren't true, but I can't see any way around it.

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